EcologyPLoS ONEPeer-reviewed
Honey bee worker jelly, a nutritional secretion fed to offspring, shows high among-nestmate and among-colony variation.
Rebecca R. Westwick, Clare C. Rittschof
The paper examines natural variation in worker jelly, a nutritional secretion in honey bees, finding significant differences among nestmates and colonies in macronutrient content.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0328027